Pin-ticket.



LIVINGSTON.

PIN TICKET.

APPLICATION FILED mum, 1913.

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Patented Apr. 14,.19M

WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASS-IGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,T0 NOESTING- PIN TICKET COMPANY, INC., A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PIN-TICKET.

Serial No. 752,806.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city, county, and State of New York, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Pin-Tickets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to pin tickets, that is, to tickets provided withpins adapted to be affixed to articles of merchandise, for the purposeof marking thereon the price, and other information.

My invention is addressed particularly to that form of said ticket inwhich there is used a double shank pin, that is, the pin is made of awire bent upon itself so as to form a double shank pin with a roundedend. Tickets of this kind have many advantages over the old style pinticket with the sharp point in that in inserting them into the goodsthey do not penetrate the threads or fibers or tear same, but beinground-pointed they separate the threads or fibers and pass between same.There is also less danger of the round points catching upon the adjacentfold of the goods upon which it is placed, and there is little or nopossibility of anyone being injured by these rounded-end pins. In theold style pin with the sharp point a person handling the goods wasliable to be injured by the sharp point as well as the person who placedthe tag upon the goods.

In the drawings forming a part of this application, Figure 1 is theunder side of a pin ticket; Fig. 2 the upper slde, or side upon whichthe writing is to be placed; Fig. 3 is a side View; Fig. 4; is aperspective view showing the formation of the double shank pin and thefree ends of the wire before the pin is attached to the ticket; Fig. 5shows the ticket attached to a piece of fabric.

In the drawings, in which like letters refer to'like parts, A is theunder side of the ticket, B the upper side. The pin for the ticket ismade by folding a piece of wire upon itself, at C, so as to form adouble shank pin DD, the pieces of the wire forming the shank lyingclose to each other. At a predetermined point, as shown in Fig. 4, thefree ends of the wire are bent at an angle to the shank DD of the pin,preferably at a right angle to the shank and at right angles to eachother; that is, the portions of the wire marked E and G in Fig. 4, arearranged at right angles to each other, as

shown in Fig. 2. It, however, is not essential that these be at rightangles to each other or that they be at right angles to the shank DD. Iagain bend the wire, as shown In Fig. 4, in the direction of the point Cof the pin, so as to form the members F and H. The tag or ticket has init preferably two holes, one of which the shank DD passes through andthe other of which the free end F of the free end H passes through. Theend H is then bent downward so as to lie on the side of the ticketopposite the side upon which the member G lies, and the free end F isbent downward so as to lie on the side of the ticket opposite the sideto which the member E lies, after which the free end F is bent aroundthe shank DD and pressed downward so as to securely hold the ticket inplace between the members E and G of the wire and the free ends F andH.

In a pin ticket constructed as shown in the drawings and set for theabove, the pin is held securely in place and will not become detached orseparated from the ticket without mutilating the ticket. As many pins asdesired may be secured to the ticket, but I prefer to attach only twopins, as shown.

Modifications might be made, such as having three holes in the ticket,one for the shank and two for the free ends F and H of the pin to passthrough, or a ticket might be made with only one hole for the shank topass through and the free members F and H overlapping the edge of theticket, the angle formed by the members E and G making any desired angleadapted to serve the purpose.

Having fully and clearly described my improvements what I claim as newand desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a pin-ticket, a ticket, a wire bent upon itself to form adouble-shank pin so arranged that one of the free ends of said wireopposite the shank is longer than the other free end, said double-shankpin passing through the ticket, the free ends of said wire being bent soas to engage with said ticket on both sides thereof, the longer of saidfree ends passing around and engaging with said double-shank pin.

2. In a pin ticket, a ticket, a wire bent upon itself to form a doubleshank pin, said shank passing through the ticket, the free Patented Apr.14:, 19th ends of said wire at a predetermined point diverging from eachother so as to engage with one side of said ticket, one of said freeends passing through the ticket and bent so as to engage with the underside thereof, and the other free end passing around the edge of saidticket and bent so as to engage with the under side thereof.

3. In a pin ticket, a ticket, a Wire bent upon itself to form a doubleshank pin, said shank passing through the ticket, the free ends of saidWire at a predetermined point diverging from each other so as to engagewith one side of said ticket, one of said free ends passing through theticket and bent so as to engage with the other side thereof, and theother free end passing around the edge of said ticket and bent so as toengage with the other side thereofiand one of said free Copies of thispatent may be obtained'for ends passing around and engagingwith theshank of said pin.

4:. In a pin ticket, a ticket, a ire bent upon itselfto form a doubleshank pin the members of which lie close to each other, the shank ofsaid pin passing through said ticket, said wire bent so as to engageWith the upper side of said ticket, the free ends of said wire beingbent so as to engage With the under side of said ticket, one of saidfree ends passing around the shank on the under side of the ticket.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, inthe presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WVILLIAM LIVINGSTON. Witnesses EDWIN SEGER,

Geo. W. MILLS, Jr.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

